Cloverdale Bridge
The Cloverdale footbridge crosses the North Saskatchewan River in central Edmonton, connecting Henrietta Muir Edwards Park in Cloverdale and Louise…
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When Trolleys Came to Edmonton
For 70 years, electric trolleybuses travelled the streets of Edmonton. Between 1939 and 2009, they provided the city with an…
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The Father of Edmonton’s Traffic Circles
He established the practice of “neighbourhood unit” planning. And, borrowing a popular urban design feature from his native land, he…
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Re-Imagining Rossdale: Pehonan and the Power Plant
EPCOR decommissioned the Rossdale power plant in 2011 and handed it over to the City not long after I moved…
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Retrofutures: Edmonton’s Omniplex – Part 1
Many recent projects—the expansion of the University of Alberta, the construction of the West Edmonton Mall, the plans for new…
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Retrofutures: Edmonton’s Omniplex – Part 2
Continued from Retrofutures: Edmonton’s Omniplex – Part 1 This moment in Edmonton’s history happened to coincide with one of the…
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The City Market: Local Goods and a Homegrown Community
When I first moved downtown from the Whyte Avenue area, I was incredibly nervous. Resistant to the idea that downtown…
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The Pits of Mill Woods
I grew up in South East Mill Woods. My back gate opened into a sprawling wheat field, scattered with dense…